Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Manfred abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. Her hair is short and white. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a bastard sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Guard who has hired her part-time. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Rohesia hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Rohesia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Amber (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fortune-teller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp.